Where would you rather live? South Carolina edition

[Del Tachi]

[JA]

It was a close contest between Lowland and Upland South Carolina.

Lowland South Carolina has Charleston, which is an absolutely beautiful city rich in history and has a very high standard of living with a strong economy. However, it's relatively expensive (especially considering the chronic low wages), too subtropical for my tastes, and I'm not a fan of areas with a large tourism industry.

Central South Carolina is great too, but it seems to be the one with the greatest socioeconomic problems, highest crime, and least opportunities (maybe Columbia is good, but I'm not too sure). Plus, I'm not particularly a fan of how forested and relatively flat it is.

Upland South Carolina seems most fitting for me as it's part of the Piedmont Plateau, has plenty of hills and small mountains, and is in relatively decent socioeconomic health. The climate is closest to what I'd enjoy and the cities (Greenville and Spartanburg) are a perfect size, especially since Charlotte and, to a lesser extent, Atlanta are nearby.

[Lechasseur]

Lowland South Carolina

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Upland

[Santander]

Lowcountry (sane)

[TDAS04]

Lowland.

[The Govanah Jake]

Lowcountry (sane)

[RINO Tom]

Lowland, I guess.   Also, I have been doing a really long project where each state gets a tab in my Excel spreadsheet, and I am trying to divide each state's population into relavent divisions.  This is all an end game to incorporate those numbers into a much more complicated spreadsheet that is meant to figure out who ACTUALLY has the largest college football fan bases.  For states I'm very familiar with, this was easy:

IOWA
- Eastern Iowa
- Central Iowa (subregion: Des Moines metro)
- Western Iowa (subregion: Omaha suburbs)

ILLINOIS
- Chicagoland (divided into city, Cook suburbs and collar counties)
- Northern Illinois
- Central Illinois
- Southern Illinois (subregion: Metro East)

However, for states I'm not familiar with, it's a lot harder.  I'd appreciate your help on changing these regions if they aren't good for South Carolina!

SOUTH CAROLINA
- Upstate South Carolina
- Central South Carolina (subregion: Columbia metro)
- Coastal South Carolina (subregion: Charleston metro)

Sometimes it's hard to find how people from those areas would divide their states just by searching the internet!

[Illiniwek]

Lowcountry (sane)

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Lowland, I guess.   Also, I have been doing a really long project where each state gets a tab in my Excel spreadsheet, and I am trying to divide each state's population into relavent divisions.  This is all an end game to incorporate those numbers into a much more complicated spreadsheet that is meant to figure out who ACTUALLY has the largest college football fan bases.  For states I'm very familiar with, this was easy:

IOWA
- Eastern Iowa
- Central Iowa (subregion: Des Moines metro)
- Western Iowa (subregion: Omaha suburbs)

ILLINOIS
- Chicagoland (divided into city, Cook suburbs and collar counties)
- Northern Illinois
- Central Illinois
- Southern Illinois (subregion: Metro East)

However, for states I'm not familiar with, it's a lot harder.  I'd appreciate your help on changing these regions if they aren't good for South Carolina!

SOUTH CAROLINA
- Upstate South Carolina
- Central South Carolina (subregion: Columbia metro)
- Coastal South Carolina (subregion: Charleston metro)

Sometimes it's hard to find how people from those areas would divide their states just by searching the internet!

Tennessee is actually legally divided into three subdivisions that have legal and cultural significance (legal because at least one and no more than 2 of the five Supreme Court justices must come from each region).

It's pretty simple:
East Tennessee (anchored by Knoxville)
Middle Tennessee (anchored by Nashville)
West Tennessee (anchored by Memphis)

Interestingly, West Tennessee would be a swing state if it was its own state.  I'm pretty sure it would be an Obama-Trump state.  The other two are both overwhelmingly Republican.  As far as football goes, there may actually be more Ole Miss and Alabama fans than Tennessee fans in West Tennessee (plus local Memphis fans), while the other two regions are mostly pro-Tennessee, though Middle Tennessee has plenty of Vandy and Alabama fans too and probably leans more towards Vandy in basketball and baseball, where Vandy is generally a better team than Tennessee.  East Tennessee is virtually 100% Tennessee fans, except in the Chattanooga area/right on the borders with Georgia and Alabama.

See more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Divisions_of_Tennessee

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Lowcountry (sane)

[vanguard96]

I don't know enough about the state to decide.

I would definitely not want to live in hurricane alley - so the lowland would be out - and I hear from many that this part of the state is also extremely backward on race issues.

My classmate from HS and her husband live in Aiken now but to me that is just a name. She likes fixing up houses and riding dressage / showjumping. Not my thing and the further away from cars with rooster crows as horns the better. Upstate - not much exposure though I suppose having worked in the tire industry now I could find a job in that area more readily than in the rest. So I guess I will say upstate.

[SATW]

Lowland.

Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Myrtle Beach/Conway and Hilton Head are all FF Areas.

[Mr. Smith]

Upland

[fhtagn]

Lowland.

Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Myrtle Beach/Conway and Hilton Head are all FF Areas.

[Lechasseur]

Lowland.

Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Myrtle Beach/Conway and Hilton Head are all FF Areas.

This

[bagelman]

My first impression is that lowland is a good place to visit, upland is a good place to live. Of course, I've never visited SC.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

RINO Tom, for me any attempt to divide up South Carolina has to begin with this map:

The barbecue sauce map of South Carolina.
So, in addition to the three regions of the Piedmont, the Midlands, and the Low Country, add the CSRA and the Pee Dee.

Piedmont: Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Lancaster, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, and York Counties

Midlands: Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Saluda, Sumter, and northern Aiken Counties

Low Country: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, and Jasper Counties

The Central Savannah River Area and the Pee Dee are the remaining areas to the west and east respectively. Aiken Country gets split by the South Edisto River, and if people want to make some more county splits, it wouldn't bother me.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Low Country. I plan on retiring in Savannah, so it is most aligned with where I would like to live.

[Sirius_]

I currently live upland and would probably stay here. The upstate has a reputation of being jesus-land but Greenville is a very nice city and is actually quite liberal.

[nclib]

Low Country. Interestingly though for NC, I would easily take the Triangle, Triad, Charlotte, and parts of the NC mountains, over eastern NC. Right on the coast is not terrible, but interior Eastern NC is totally not my cup of tea for politics, culture, lifestyle, etc.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

I'd only really want to live in Charleston, so lowland, I guess